"57"

When and where

Date and time

Tue, Oct 6 · 7:00 p.m.PDT — local Victoria time

Location

The Bent Mast512 Simcoe St, Victoria, BCVictoria

About this event

### In October 2024, at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York a young woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven male students for hours after being pressured to consume alcohol, marijuana and ketamine. What makes the case particularly disturbing, however, is not simply the allegations against the seven. It is the **57**. Messages about what was happening were circulated amongst fifty-seven other fraternity members. The messages invited others to participate, referring to “free pussy” and asking whether the “shop” was still open. The criminal investigation was closed without charges. The University's internal disciplinary investigation resulted in 2 students being expelled from Cornell while the remaining 5 were compelled **to write essays reflecting on the event.** The question we want to put on the table is not simply: How do seven men come to do something like this? It is: what happens when dozens of other men know enough to know that somethi

Official details

Tickets:

Official ticket page for "57"

Price:

Free

Organizer:

Topical Talks!

Listing source:

meetup

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